US 11,805,898 B2
Undercounter refrigerator with access control
Thomas J. Larkner, Noblesville, IN (US); Adam A. Cloud, Noblesville, IN (US); Jason L. Hessler, Noblesville, IN (US); Dennis H. Smith, Noblesville, IN (US); Kyle T. Stout, Noblesville, IN (US); Doug R. Sanqunetti, Noblesville, IN (US); and Bryan T. Shannon, Noblesville, IN (US)
Assigned to HELMER SCIENTIFIC, LLC, Noblesville, IN (US)
Appl. No. 16/756,634
Filed by HELMER SCIENTIFIC, LLC, Noblesville, IN (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 17, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/056309
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 16, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/079468, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/573,418, filed on Oct. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0268149 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. A47B 67/02 (2006.01); A47B 88/457 (2017.01); E05B 65/462 (2017.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01); G07F 9/10 (2006.01); G07F 11/62 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 67/02 (2013.01) [A47B 88/457 (2017.01); E05B 65/462 (2013.01); G07F 9/026 (2013.01); G07F 9/105 (2013.01); G07F 11/62 (2013.01); G07F 17/0092 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage device for medical products comprises
a cabinet having a cabinet body forming an enclosure and a door coupled to the cabinet body to move between an open position and a closed position to control access to the enclosure of the cabinet body;
a plurality of drawer assemblies positioned in the enclosure of the cabinet and stacked upon each other, each drawer assembly including a frame and a plurality of storage spaces formed in the frame, and the frame having a front end that faces the door of the cabinet, a back end spaced apart from the front end that faces opposite the front end, a bottom surface that extends between and interconnects the front and back ends and faces toward a bottom of the enclosure, and a top surface spaced apart from the bottom surface that extends between and interconnects the front and back ends, wherein the top surface of a top drawer assembly of the plurality of drawer assemblies is configured to support materials being stored within the enclosure of the cabinet;
a plurality of storage containers, each storage container associated with one of the storage spaces;
an actuation assembly including an array of actuators coupled to the back end of each drawer assembly, each of the actuators of the array being associated with a respective storage container, each of the actuators being independently actuable to secure or release the respective storage container with which the respective actuator is associated relative to the storage space; and
a plurality of manual release mechanisms, each manual release mechanism associated with one of the drawer assemblies and secured to the respective drawer assembly, wherein each manual release mechanism is actuable by a user to over-ride the actuation assembly and independently release the storage containers from the storage spaces of the respective drawer assembly;
wherein each drawer assembly is configured to be removable from the cabinet.